"Extinction crisis" refers to a critical situation where a large number of plant and animal species are at a high risk of disappearing forever from the Earth. It indicates a rapid decline in biodiversity and highlights the urgent need for conservation efforts to prevent irreversible loss of various forms of life on our planet.
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«extinction»
«crisis»
Sentences with «extinction crisis»
- A global extinction crisis should show up in declining levels of local biodiversity, right? (sciencedaily.com)
- Our world is facing the greatest extinction crisis since the fall of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. (rainforest-alliance.org)
- It is commonly assumed that being large contributes to vulnerability during extinction crises. (sciencedaily.com)
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